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Originally posted by KellyJayI find this helpful on the question of the value of life.
You two provoke thoughts when I read what you write, not trying to disagree or agree with
either of you, so sorry not trying to relate to the point you were making. 🙂
God made man and then brought all the animals before Adam to name them. This is chapter two of Genesis. Whatever Adam named them, that was what they were.
I take this somewhat more than him just applying a label to them. I see this as Adam having some authority to define each of those creatures and bestowing some value to them in a deputy authority fashion.
"`And Jehovah God formed from the ground every animal of the field and every bird of heaven, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called any living animal, that was its name." (Gen. 2:19)
Man, as a deputy authority participates in bestowing value upon all the other creatures in principle. (Whether Adam named microscopic creatures, I do no know).
But what about the deputy Adam himself ? His value and meaning is defined by God.
What God does He delegates to Adam.
Only in creating man do we see God so intimately involved other than saying "let there be". He takes counsel with Himself in a more striking way and uniquely because of all the valued beings the topmost one is man. (Gen. 1:26,27) .
Originally posted by LemonJello
For a moment, forget the atheist/theist distinction. For my characterization of 'schizophrenia' here, it doesn't matter whether one is a theist or an atheist.
You mean you could then give be a parallel example using an atheist.
Give one please.
A longer reply is above this.
